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Exhibit 10(b)
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company
and
Contractholders
GE Life & Annuity Separate Account 4:
We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" in the Statement of Additional Information.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements of GE Life and Annuity
Assurance Company and subsidiary dated January 21, 2999, contains an explanatory
paragraph that states the Company changed its method of account for insurance-
related assessments in 1999.
/s/KPMG LLP
Richmond, VA
December 21, 2000
